Francisco Javier Garcia: Credibly Accused Clergy

Francisco Javier Garcia

 

Status / Last Known Location: Fled to Mexico after criminal warrants issued for his arrest in 1995.
Diocesan Response: Removed from ministry in 1995 after report was received. Involuntarily dismissed from priesthood by the Pope in October 2007, based on a petition submitted to Rome by the diocese
Year and Place of Birth: 1939, Mexico
Seminary Attended: Seminary in Mexico
Date Ordained / Connection to Diocese: Ordained July 1970 as priest of the Diocese of Acapulco. Incardinated in Diocese of Sacramento in 1989.

Assignments in Diocese of Sacramento

  • 1978: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacramento; St. Joseph, Rio Vista; St. Therese, Isleton; St. Anthony, Walnut Grove
  • 1978-1980: St. Pius X Seminary, Galt
  • 1980-1985: Recalled by his bishop to Mexico
  • 1985-1991: Holy Rosary, Woodland
  • 1991-1995: Our Lady of Lourdes, Colusa; Sacred Heart, Williams

Reporting Victims

Date range of alleged abuse: 1973-1995

  1. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, oral copulation, sodomy/penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 1995
  2. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  3. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, sodomy/ penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  4. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual molestation; specifics of abuse not known
    • Year reported to diocese: 2009
  5. Male, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2008
  6. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 1995
  7. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  8. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2006
  9. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  10. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  11. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation, sodomy/ penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 1995
  12. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  13. Male, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2006
  14. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2006
  15. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, oral copulation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  16. Male, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  17. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  18. Male, under the age of 18
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 1990s
  19. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation, sodomy/ penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  20. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation, sodomy/ penetration
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  21. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation, oral copulation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  22. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2003
  23. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling
    • Year reported to diocese: 2015
  24. Male, under the age of 14
    • Nature of accusation(s): Sexual touching and fondling, masturbation
    • Year reported to diocese: 2018

 

SOURCE: DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: ADDRESSING THE WOUNDS INFLICTED BY CLERGY ABUSE